The latest drone strike was carried out in coordination with Somalia’s government, the statement said.

Al-Shabaab has been blamed for the massive truck bombing in Mogadishu last month that killed more than 350 people. The deadly Oct. 14 attack signals the jihadist group was still prevalent in the African nation. It was Somalia's worst-ever attack and one of the world's deadliest in years.

Lat month's massive truck bombing in Mogadishu killed more than 350 people. Al-Shabaab was blamed for the attack.
(AP)

Earlier this month, the U.S. carried out its first airstrike against ISIS fighters in Somalia, targeting a small but growing cell that emerged in the northern Puntland region just two years ago. Many of the fighters split off from al-Shabaab.